New Zimbabwe : Political Sphere

 Macky Sall.Photo courtesy of BBC  International  community hails Senegal  elections according to BBC reports. Darka. Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat peacefully  to Macky Sall on a run off on Sunday.It has been viewed as a mature action and hailed by different members of the States in Africa and beyond.The African Union said Wade's action showed maturity in the country's democracy in Senegal and will set a good example to Africa as a whole.A spoke person for EU foreign policy  was quoted by AFP saying "it is a great victory for democracy in Senegal and Africa as a whole". The good news comes just after the Mali military coup.I suppose this marks a new turn in the issue of democracy  in Africa as whole too.How ever this being the case there is no guarantee that some African countries who are in the process of carrying out elections will oblige to what Wade has done.It is difficult to concede defeat and some presidents who had been holding power for so long

Police officers at Runde,2012.Picture by Giza. Police in Ruwa  yesterday banned an MDC rally scheduled to take place at Mavambo shopping cent re,. organized by organising party and secretary leader Nelson Chamisa,claiming they had no enough man power as the bulk of them would be on duty on the Dynamos and Moto Action game. Reports by the Daily news suggests that the MDC-T provincial secretary had been cleared by the police on Wednesday to conduct the rally but was served with a cancellation letter on Saturday. Parties have started campaigning for the 2012 presidential elections which are expected early this year.Such disturbances were the characteristics of  previous harmonized elections where police flogged supporters of certain parties and banned them. Their reason  of canceling the rally is totally unjustifiable as the whole lot of police can not  be said  go to the stadium as if people were rioting.This means that there is still no sanity in issues of the police as the ap

Cairo Tarhia Squire .Photo.Courtesy of BBC News international Egypt presidential hopefuls are said to rush for the presidential elections ,registrations according to Newsday,this morning.Candidates in what is billed as the first elections free and fair election in Egptian history were given a chance to register on Sartuday ,more than a year after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak from office. Voting will be held over  two days  starting on 23 May and will go  to a second run off if there in no outright winner.  The election will make a final transition to civilian rule from the military council which took over after Mubarak's rule ended on February. Candidates who have prefered to run includes the high profile figure such as Mubarak's prime minister,Ahmed Shahif ,Arab league Amr Moussa and an extreme Muslim  Brotherhood Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh. Analysts say the out come is difficult to predict although Moussa may have an edge.Such speculation are problematic ,i think .

HARARE - South Africa says it will not allow President Robert Mugabe to unilaterally call elections before a new constitution and democratic reforms are in place as demanded by Sadc, a stance that has escalated a war that has already been raging between Mugabe and President Jacob Zuma. photo courtesy SABC South African Foreign Affairs minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told his country’s Parliament yesterday that Mugabe no-longer wielded authority to call for an election without long-delayed reforms as required by other coalition partners and the region. But one of Mugabe’s most senior and trusted party officials Didymus Mutasa immediately hit back and told the Daily News yesterday that the South Africans can go to hell as his boss will pronounce an election date with or without a new constitution. “Those remain South Africa’s opinions. We are a sovereign state with a president who is mandated by the constitution to call for an election when he thinks it is appropriate,” said Mutasa.

Graig Emerson :picture courtesy of AFP Australia's federal government said yesterday it was dropping 82 Zimbabwean   official sanctions from financial to travel sanctions ,but maintained a ban on gun-running with Harare and barring children listed individuals from studying there. Australian's acting foreign minister Graig Emerson said the move recognises that Zimbabwe is  taking important steps to wards democratisation.Emerson 's contention that adult children of listed individuals continue to be prohibited from studying in Australia is likely to stoke tensions in Zanu PF. "We will continue to uphold this until there is democracy and respect of rule of law",he was quoted saying on live wire on Sunday. Australia, one of the major donor assistance on humanitarian  to Zimbabwe ,said it is was scaling up aid. "We want to see Zimbabwe get back to its feet so that  its economy can prosper,its society freer,fairer and democratic",said Emerson. In

Wade arrives for a public declaration in 2007.photo AFP       Elected as Senegal  president in April  2000,Abdoulaye Wade,has decided to seek a third term in the February 26 presidential  elections.The constitution limits heads of states to two terms in office but the judges  ruled Mr Wade's first term did not count as this was before the limit was introduced. Senegal has headed to a run off after a heated first round elections against Macky Sall.His seeking of a third term in office has lead to bloody demonstrations the country has ever experienced in its history.Such instances are typical of African presidents who cling on to power even if it is clear their public s dont need them.DRC,among others has faced these problems. Wade casting his vote .photo AFP